Schedule for Friday, September 25
Palm Springs: Camelot Theatres at Palm Springs Cultural Center,2300 E. Baristo Road
Palm Desert: Tristone Palm Desert 10 Ceinemas, Westfield Mall
(PLEASE NOTE THEATRE LOCATIONS WHEN PURCHASING TICKETS)
9:30 am
American Documentary Film Fund Pitch Competition (Presented by Synimatica & Simple DCP) FREE
Location: Camelot Theatres
Details: See some of today's hottest filmmakers compete for funds as they share a trailer teaser and then field questions.
11:00 am (PROGRAM 1)
The Alchemy Of Mountains, BELGIUM, 3min. / Hurdle, USA, 90min. (Film Fund Winner)
Location: Camelot Theatres
Details: This new generation of Palestinians respond to a world of walls, checkpoints and arrests in an unexpected and inspiring way.
11:00 am (PROGRAM 55)
Am I A Greenlander?, UK, 37min. / Queen Without Land, NORWAY, 70min.
Location: Tristone Theaters
Details: Watch these men as they live and survive in these unusual but spectacular locations.
11:30 am (PROGRAM 2)
The Injured, USA, 9min. / But Honey, You Look Fine, AUSTRALIA, 10min. / Imogen, UK, 32min. / Liv, USA, 39min.
Location: Camelot Theatres
Details: There are many identity challenges for youth today. How do young men and women handle these challenges, can they survive and live healthy, happy lives?
12:00 pm (PROGRAM 3)
Let My People Vote, USA, 18min. / Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook, USA, 80min.
Location: Camelot Theatres
Details: A powerful series of films related to the American system of voting and the challenges democratic ideals face in an increasingly partisan form of managing voting rights.
1:30 pm (PROGRAM 4)
Inmanencia, USA, 5min. / Pizza & Prana, USA, 13min. / Agniyogana - Lower The Head, Invoke The Fire, AUSTRALIA, 64min
Location: Camelot Theatres
Details: Inspiring and thought-provoking tales of human perseverance and over-coming odds.
1:30 pm (PROGRAM 56)
Inspired By Sport: Fast Horse, USA, 14min. / Pal-O-Mine, USA, 15min. / A Mind Like Still Water, USA, 40min.
Location: Tristone Theaters
Details: Horses are magnificent animals who have a unique connection with people- in many ways, they can help save humans from themselves.
2:30 pm (PROGRAM 5)
Miracle In The Desert: The Rise And Fall Of The Salton Sea, USA, 78min.
Location: Camelot Theatres
Details: Millions of people's health and the future of the entire Coachella valley is at risk if action isn't take immediately to save the Salton Sea.
4:00 pm (PROGRAM 57)
Cherokee, Chief John Ross, USA, 6min. / Indigenous: Walk With Pride, USA, 6min. / Native Realities, USA, 9min. / Borneo's Vanishing Tribes, USA, 23min. / Water Is Life, USA, 24min.
Location: Tristone Theaters
Details: Native people's around the world have long suffered under the thumb of colonialists. Now, many are fighting for their very existence with both territorial and cultural intervention.
5:30 pm Drinks and treats (7:00 pm screening, OPENING NIGHT!)
(Special selection of food from around the world, created by Riverside County home chefs!)
Planet Of The Humans, USA, 93min.
Location: Camelot Theatres (Drinks and food, then the films)
Details: Festival Organizer says "this is the most important documentary film in a generation."
6:30 pm (PROGRAM 58)
A Woman In Motion, USA, 95min.
Location: Tristone Theaters
Details: Star Trek hero, Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura), takes us on a journey at NASA as she recruits women and people of diversity to be a part of this great American institution.
6:30 pm (PROGRAM 89)
FREE- Family Fun: Animation: Misguided, SOUTH KOREA, 3min. / Exposed, TAIWAN, 3min. / The One-Minute Memoir, USA, 17min. / Master Moley By Royal Invitation, UK, 30min.
Location: Palm Desert Civic Center Park
Details: FREE: A selection of fun, animated films for families who want to share a festival experience outside at the beautiful city of Palm Desert's Civic Center Park.
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